The problem with spincast reels is gear ratio, they are s l o w! My wife refuses to try a baitcast reel and she really doesn't like spinning reels much. So when we go bass fishing she struggles to keep a bait caught up to the boat. She sits in the back, I stand on the front deck and cast my way down the shoreline and even at a slow pace her Zebco 33 at 3:1 gear ratio just can't keep her bait in the water effectively. That Zebco Bullet has the fastest gear ratio I have seen on a spincast reel at 5:1. That might be the reel for someone in that situation like my wife.

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